Family Fun Day Monday

We did a joint Family Fun day this President's Day. We went downtown with the O Family (Brian, Sharon, Josh and Ian) and saw Ripleys Odditorium, The Wax Museum, Rainforest Cafe and ended with the Mirror Maze.

Ripley's was awesome as usual. There were two attractions that all of us really liked. First was the Titanic section. They had a container of freezing water and the challenge was to see how long you could keep your hand submerged. Brian lasted a whole 14 seconds. It is amazing to think people stayed in that water for hours. The second thing was an illusion tunnel. (Unfortunately it doesn't transfer to film well.) So basically it is a tunnel that spins with a walk way through it. Of course they add black lights and crazy paint for affect. It was impossible to walk through it straight. I think we all stayed there for about 10 minutes. We just kept going back through. Brian thinks it would be an awesome Halloween project. I think we may have to try that. Of course there were other cool things to see there, but I won't drone on.

Next we wandered over to the wax museum. The young lady at the ticket counter was having a stellar day. Let's just say that "friendly" wasn't in he vocabulary, so of course I had to make a few comments. They may have been within earshot......I'm not sure. She couldn't dampen our spirits! Seeing the wax statues was really neat. Do the look like the celebrities they are supposed to represent. Nah, I don't really think so, but it was fun all the same. Somehow Sharon managed to escape a single picture in the wax museum. Shame on her!

After the museum, we were starving so went wandered over to the Rainforest Cafe. One of our favorites. It was a lot of fun and I think everyone chair danced at some point during our meal. (the beat of the music is infectious. I say that no one knows you and will never see you again so do a little seated dancing. It's good for your soul)

Last but not least, we headed to the Mirror Maze. (By this time I think Brian was pooped.) For anyone who has never done something like this before, you MUST try it! The maze was so much fun. You can really get turned around in there. It is near dark with mirrors everywhere and the illusions are insane. Even better, after you do it once, they hand you 3-D glasses and you do it all over again. It puts a whole new spin on things. I will say I walked into a mirror at least once!

So, there are a hundred pictures I could attach, but I tried to narrow it down so you all didn't get to bored. All in all, and awesome family fun day!

Family Fun Day Part Deux

"Life is like a box of chocolates........" Is Brian his twin or what?!

Let it be known that Josh didn't actually touch the wax figure. kinda looks cool though, huh?!

I know it is a little dark, but it is me and my pals form Harry Potter. WooHoo!

Brian went a little Tom Cruise-ey! HE LOVES SHARON AND IS GONNA TELL EVERYONE!!!!

Guess how Josh feels about Dr. Phil.....(that would be hair he is pulling out - if he had some)

Josh is dipping his hand in wax. Very cool process and souvenir!

"I'll Be back!" I don't know which I like better. This one or Forest Gump. You be the judge!

The fella Jax would like to be! Tomb raiding is such a glamorous job.

Family Fun Day Monday Part Tres

It took some convincing to get the kids to do a goofy pose for us! Skye looks embarrassed, huh?!So we decided to show them how it is done. Josh was just being himself though!

This was a part of the Titanic exhibit and was used to show the size difference of the ship and iceberg. Very cool exhibit. We all enjoyed the cold water challenge. We had to put our hand in water that was freezing and see how long we could last. Brian holds the record for 14 seconds. Go Brian!!!!

That's one big tire! It took several tries to plant my backside in that!
Self explanatory! LOL!
Jurassic park.....AAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! (Skye is terrified!)

Valentine's Day

I think all I ever type right now is about how busy we have been and Valentine's weekend was no exception! Josh, obviously from the picture, bought me a stunning arrangement of flowers. He listened and remembered not to get any roses. The lilies sweeten the whole house with their fragrance. In addition to flowers, Josh and I left all three kiddos at home and went out to lunch. Valentine's evening was super busy and fun. Not only did we have the company of our good friends, the O family - Brian, Sharon, Josh and Ian ; but Jared invited his girlfriend Chelsey over. This is a HUGE deal. Jared has NEVER invited ANYONE over to this house. Chelsey is not only cute as a bug, the child walked in with a cake! You know how I am! She scored major bonus points with me foe that one!

Here are some pictures from ore evening.

So Lazy

I have to admit that I have been REALLY lazy lately. I am sure you picked up on this because the Christmas post just showed up and it is Valentine's day!

January went by so fast! It seemed that all of a sudden the kids were back at school, Josh was back at work, and I had a million little things to do around the house. All this interspersed with helping out friends and doing field trips!

We also had something to look forward to! Jason and his wife Liz were coming into town in at the beginning of February! we hadn't seen Jason and Liz since 2005. That visit seemed to fly by as well. We have really missed Jay! I thought he was going to die of rapture when he had his first bite of Mexican food. Followed by the look of utter ecstasy when he had a Big Red. Liz was awesome! She is a huge animal lover and they did some Aunt and Uncle time with the kids at the Wild Animal Orphanage.